On Feb 16, 5:27 pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On Feb 15, 12:38 pm, "Andrew Butchart" wrote:



Sounds like a fun project. I quite enjoyed my old MiniCup but did find the
hull rather heavy for car-topping and dragging on the dolly to the beach.

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Andrew Butchart


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Hi

I completed a marine ply-wood Minicup hull in Auckland , NZ in 2007,
but did not get futher as we moved to Canada. I sold the hull.

I am working on the design aspects of building a skin-on-frame
Minicup, using the techniques I learned building a Tom Yost pvc skin /
aluminum frame kayak.

It will be interesting to see how this proceeds. All feedback from
Minicup builders welcome.

Cheers

Sofcrafts

My original MiniCups were made from 3/16 ply so I can imagine that one
made from 1/4" ply would be really heavy.

the thirty foot umiak (SOF traditional whale boat) i sail around in
tops at 300 lbs. 4 kts of wind push it easy as you want with the junk
rig. she will do every bit of her hull speed in 9 kts. it will be fun
to see a spray. unless you get gorilla with it i cant see it much over
80 lbs.